tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33743101225425421542018-03-06T04:30:25.437-08:00Stop Child BridesThe inhumane practice of child brides is nothing less than culturally approved pedophilia and sexual slavery. It must be stopped.Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-65544512550512852992014-04-14T08:16:00.003-07:002014-04-14T08:16:34.877-07:009-Year-Old Child Brides: Headed For OK In IraqChild brides are the worst of abuse all rolled into one beastly, immoral package: pedophilia, child abuse, slavery and the dehumanization of women.<br />And now this disgusting and unholy practice is heading for legal approval in Iraq in the name of religion.<br />According to Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education:<br /><em>"It is a descent into barbarism. This month’s plan by Iraqi parliamentarians to legalize girl marriage at nine follows the Pakistan Islamic Council’s demand last month that Pakistan abolish all legal restrictions on child marriage, the revelation that Syrian refugee girls are being sold into marriage against their will and the increased pressure in many African countries to ease the restrictions on selling child brides."</em><br /><br />Read the rest of the statement here: <a data-mce-href="http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/10/drive-to-end-child-marriage-stalls-but-fight-back-begins/" href="http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/10/drive-to-end-child-marriage-stalls-but-fight-back-begins/" target="new">Drive to end child marriage stalls, but fightback begins.</a><br />Right now, my thriller <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Die-By-Wire-ebook/dp/B006HWGOOG/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Die-By-Wire-ebook/dp/B006HWGOOG/" target="new"><em>Die By Wire</em> </a>is getting a lot of attention these days because of the plot's similarities to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.<br /><br />But the fight against child brides was the original inspiration for writing it. I created the airliner disappearance plot because I understood that most of the world was run by people who don't really care about child brides or because they are afraid to speak up for fear of offending Muslims.<br /><br />But child brides are an offense to Islam and&nbsp; primitive practices left-over from humanity's the dark ages.<br /><br />Some of my previous related posts:<br /><ul><li><a data-mce-href="http://lewisperdue.com/?p=1158" href="http://lewisperdue.com/?p=1158">Stop The Global Horror Of Child Brides</a></li></ul><ul><li><a data-mce-href="http://lewisperdue.com/?p=3690" href="http://lewisperdue.com/?p=3690">Radical Egyptian Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides</a></li></ul><br /><br />Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-11169501910459383712013-03-05T11:58:00.001-08:002013-03-05T11:59:35.522-08:00The plight of Afghanistan's opium brides<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dw.de/image/0,,15836857_404,00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.dw.de/image/0,,15836857_404,00.jpg" /></a></div><h3 class="intro">&nbsp;</h3><h3 class="intro"><a href="http://www.dw.de/the-plight-of-afghanistans-opium-brides/a-16622017" target="_blank">From Deutsche Welles </a></h3><div class="intro"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="intro">While opium trade might be lucrative for some of those involved, many find themselves at the losing end. Daughters of farmers who find themselves desperate and indebted are used as little more than currency.&nbsp;</div><div class="intro"><br /></div>To provide for their families, many Afghan farmers turn to the relatively lucrative practise of poppy cultivation.<br /><br />Initial capital costs for items such as seeds, can be high. Many are forced to take loans from unscrupulous lenders, the drug lords and the Taliban among them.<br />But growing the poppy plant&nbsp;is no&nbsp;definite route to success. There are risks. While the government's eradication program may not be far-reaching, those farmers that do feel the brunt are left with bare earth and no way to settle their debts.<br /><br />Some resort to bartering their daughters in marriage to settle the loans. These daughters are known as the "loan brides" or even "opium brides."</blockquote><h4><a href="http://www.dw.de/the-plight-of-afghanistans-opium-brides/a-16622017" target="_blank">Read the rest of the article </a></h4>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-44467697811354917792013-02-04T19:07:00.002-08:002013-02-04T19:07:26.157-08:00Man Sells Six-Year-Old Daughter As Bride To Settle A Debt A man in Afghanistan says he was forced to sell his six-year-old daughter to settle an old debt. The child, Naghma, was sold to a family member as a child bride. Her fiance is 16 years old.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2013/01/100905-F-8920C-055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2013/01/100905-F-8920C-055.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Naghma’s Father, Taj Mohammad, states that the sale of his daughter was a necessity. Mohammad had borrowed money from a distant relative. He stresses that he needed the money to feed, house and protect his family.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/500831/man-sells-six-year-old-daughter-to-settle-a-debt-video/" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></b>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-62211807330983114982013-02-04T18:57:00.000-08:002013-02-04T18:57:50.400-08:00Kidnapped 'Virgin-Brides' Believed To Be Cure For HIVThe CNN Freedom Project tells the story of young women being kidnapped as child brides by those who believe that having sex with a young girl can cure their HIV. In many African villages, girls as young as 12 years old are kidnapped and forced to marry older men.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.naij.com/21769.html" target="_blank"><img align="left" alt="" border="0" height="224" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/n/07/2/ukuthwala-photo1.jpg" vspace="5" width="300" /></a>They speak of the term “Ukuthwala,” which translates to “pick up,” which justifies the abduction of young women. In some cases, the kidnappings occur with parental consent.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://news.naij.com/21769.html">Read the rest of this article.</a></b>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-58151518342993450012013-01-08T07:30:00.003-08:002013-01-08T07:30:34.826-08:00Saudi child-bride hides on wedding night to avoid 90-year-old "husband"Pedophile slave-owners seem to have no age limit:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />"A 90-year-old Saudi Arabian is suing his 15-year-old child-bride's family because she hid herself in the bedroom on their wedding night. The terrified teen locked the door from the inside so that her new husband could not enter on their first night as a married couple. Two days later she fled back to her parents’ home, Daily Mail reported. The elderly man now wants his money back as he claims he paid the parents 10,767 pounds (about $17,500) for the teenager for the marriage."</blockquote><br /><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&amp;ct2=us%2F1_0_s_0_1_a&amp;sa=t&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4QKtE4Y7UZUAMOoqU3g5U0HUBCQ&amp;cid=52778054377200&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnaindia.com%2Fworld%2Freport_15-year-old-saudi-child-bride-hides-on-wedding-night-to-avoid-90-year-old-husband_1786626&amp;ei=QTjsUKnXJKauiQKFiAE&amp;sig2=nPvGdtGhtYQCkdPDa0KtfQ&amp;rt=HOMEPAGE&amp;vm=STANDARD&amp;bvm=section&amp;twa=f&amp;did=2583775072363069462&amp;sid=18d3ed3752699e4a">READ THE REST: 15-year-old Saudi child - bride hides on wedding night to avoid 90-year-old ...</a> Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-21866296662726151322012-02-12T11:17:00.000-08:002012-02-17T12:32:56.699-08:00Afghanistan's Opium Child Brides<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/afghanistans-opium-child-brides/252638/">From The Atlantic</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/international/assets_c/2012/02/pulitzer%20feb8%20p-thumb-615x300-77655.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 615px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/international/assets_c/2012/02/pulitzer%20feb8%20p-thumb-615x300-77655.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>A 40-year-old Afghan man sits next to his 11-year-old bride, Ghulan / AP/UNICEF<br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><blockquote>"She was a 12-year-old girl, with fiery green eyes and defiance on her face. Her father had promised her hand to a stranger from Helmand province who didn't speak her language, was more than 30 years her senior, and already had eight children. Her father had borrowed the man's money for his poppy venture. And now it was up to her to repay that debt.<br /><br />"Darya, as she was called in a new book by Fariba Nawa, <a href="http://www.faribanawa.com/"><em>Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan</em>,</a> represents a growing trend in Afghanistan, a trend in which families marry off their daughters to settle debts originating from the opium trade. 'Opium brides," they called them."<p></p></blockquote><p></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/afghanistans-opium-child-brides/252638/">Read The Rest: Afghanistan's Opium Child Brides</a></span>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-88646120418758438112012-02-05T14:02:00.000-08:002012-02-05T14:18:08.603-08:00Modern lifestyles can fuel child labour scandal<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/community-news/modern_lifestyles_can_fuel_child_labour_scandal_says_charity_1_3490212">Modern lifestyles can fuel child labour scandal, says UK charity</a></span><br /><br />UK children’s charity World Vision International which <a href="http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/learn/globalissues-child-trafficking?Open&amp;lpos=lft_txt_Child-Trafficking-and-Labor">advocates against child brides and the trafficking in and exploitation of children</a> warns that ordinary people are often unknowingly complicit in today’s global trade in children.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"I’ve just come back from Niger where I saw girls as young as eight being treated as items to be bought and sold for marriage," said </span>the charity’s chief executive Justin Byworth<span style="font-style: italic;">. "12-year-old Zainab fled her home with her grandmother to escape being a child bride having seen her big sister die in childbirth after an early marriage."<br /></span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/community/community-news/modern_lifestyles_can_fuel_child_labour_scandal_says_charity_1_3490212">Read the rest of the article</a></span>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374310122542542154.post-65859307756954073152012-01-04T12:31:00.000-08:002012-01-04T12:37:37.747-08:00Afghan child bride had escaped torturers but was sent back<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/afghan-girl-escaped-torturers-sent-back">Outcry over case of Sahar Gul who was returned to her in-laws despite their attempts to force her into prostitution</a><br /><br />From the London<span style="font-style: italic;"> Guardian</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">"A 15-year-old Afghan girl who was nearly tortured to death by her husband and his family attempted to escape her attackers more than four months ago but was sent back home by local authorities, it has emerged.</span><p style="font-style: italic;">"Sahar Gul, a child-bride married off to a soldier called Gulam Sakhi who then tried to force her into prostitution, is being treated for horrific injuries in a hospital in Kabul after she was rescued last week.</p><p style="font-style: italic;">"Horrific abuse of women is still common in Afghanistan, particularly against brides who can be regarded as chattels by their husbands or are exchanged between families in order to resolve feuds.</p><p style="font-style: italic;">"The government is frequently unwilling to enforce laws it has often been forced to pass by the country's international backers, and the writ of the state often does not run in areas far away from urban centres."</p></blockquote><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/afghan-girl-escaped-torturers-sent-back">Read The Rest </a>Lewis Perduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492414700757055408noreply@blogger.com0